Page 120 of Landon & Shay: Part Two

“This is going to be the best story I’ve ever written.”

He rested his forehead against mine, holding me as if he had no plans of ever letting me go. “I love you times two,” he said, kissing me gently.

“I love you times two,” I echoed.

And times three, times four, times infinity.

Epilogue

Shay

Two years later

“How are you holding up?”Mom asked as she peeked her head into my fitting room.

My heart raced as I stared into the mirror. The dress that lie against my body was everything I’d ever dreamed of. It was the first wedding gown I’d tried on, and I knew instantly it was the dress for me. Still, Raine and Eleanor pushed for me to try on a few more options.

“You never go with your first option, because there’s always something better around the corner,” Raine explained.“Plus, this is the first day I’ve had away from Jameson in the past two years, so I need you to take longer so I can get drunk on the free champagne.”

After the seventh dress, and Raine had found herself a nice champagne buzz, I’d returned to the original dress that I’d instantly fell in love with.

Sometimes in life, the first option was always the best one.

That went for the dress, and for the man I would be marrying in a few months.

Over the past two years, Landon and I put in the work to make our love story grow. We’d learned more about each other’s highs and lows. Even though I didn’t personally suffer from depression like Landon, I did have days, weeks, and months where I’d feel completely off. I’d go through waves of self-doubt and whenever those days came, Landon stood by my side. It took a long time to build up my trust in our relationship. I suffered from so many old beliefs that polluted my mind, and fear sometimes leaked into my heart making me believe that things were too good to true. That someday, Landon would realize that he was better off without me. That I wasn’t enough.

On those days, weeks, and months, Landon moved in closer to me. His love became a weapon toward my self-doubts, and he slayed them by reminding me of our truths. That our love was strong. That our love was real. That no matter the storms, the sun would always shine on our story.

When he asked me to marry him, it was the easiest yes of my life.

“I think this is it.” I turned to my mother with tears in my eyes. “This is the dress I want to marry Landon in.”

Her eyes beamed. “It’s perfect. Simply perfect.”

Over the past years, I’d never seen my mother happier. David did as he promised and went above and beyond to show the amount of love he had for Mom. They’d been happily married for over a year now, and never in my life did I know love could be so whole.

It turned out not all men were evil—some wanted nothing but happiness for the loves of their lives. That was one of the best truths I’d ever learned.

Mima popped her head into the fitting room and her eyes swelled up with tears as she looked my way. “My gosh, that’s it, isn’t it? I knew it the first time I saw you in it.”

“Yes. This is the one.” I nodded as I ran my fingers against the beautiful cream fabric. It was a princess gown, covered in lace and crystals throughout the dress.

Mima walked toward me with a large envelope in her hands and held it out to me. “I was instructed to give this to you once you’ve made your final choice. Come on, Camila. Let’s give her some time alone with the package.”

The two left the fitting room, and I ripped the package open.

Inside was a notebook with a few pieces of candy in the bottom of the package.

Banana Laffy Taffys.

My lips curved into a grin as I opened the notebook and began reading the words against the page.

Chick,

Today is the day the woman of my dreams has found the dress of hers dreams. You’ve discovered the dress you’ll wear when you walk down the aisle to give me my happily ever after. I never believed in love stories before you entered my life. I didn’t believe in romance or happy endings, or anything with an ounce of life.

You changed all of that for me. You brought me into a new realm of beliefs. You’ve made me a believer in true love, and I cannot thank you enough for that.

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